Yeah, I'm going to assume the picture is fake and either someone who looks like her, a photo edited to look like her, or AI-generated.
But, that's just a guess. By that, I mean I'd have probably heard about it if her nudes were leaked to the internet. I wouldn't be looking for that content; I would have just seen/heard someone mentioning it.
Not only do I not know what she looks like, I sure as hell don't know what her tits look like.
But, I'd blindly bet $5.00 that those are not her real tits. That's the kind of thing that'd get mentioned on sites like Reddit.
Update: I have now seen a picture of her. (It wasn't impressive.)
It was in my Google search, first to properly spell her name (which is where I saw her picture). My second search was to see if she'd posted nudes or had them leaked. There's no evidence that she has done so.
However, those are definitely nice tits in your picture.
I think I missed the 'child' bit. Though, my point is still valid! I would not like to be her.
But, yes, those are some nice tits in your profile picture. I'm going to guess they're not her tits. Actually, I'm not even sure what she looks like. I don't think I've ever seen her picture.
Yeah, I could't pick her out of a crowd, or even out of just a few people. I haven't a clue what she looks like. That's probably a good thing.
To that end, I don't know a single song she sings. I may have heard her singing, but I don't know if I have. I sometimes get exposed to modern pop music, but I don't really know any of it. Well, if that makes any sense...
I'll hear other people playing modern pop music now and then, but it's not people/bands that I can identify.
They're assets that I appreciate, while also being assets that do appreciate in value (sometimes, if you're careful about it). I took money from more usual investments and steadily invested in more automobiles.
I'm a fan of almost everything automotive. There's one current trend that I just can't get into, and that's burnout contests (which I'll also say includes 'street takeovers'). I see no educational or entertianment value in burnout contests.
It's also correct to say that I can find something nice to say about most automobiles, though I do have a severe dislike for many malaise-era cars.
If you're legitimately interested, you can pay for someone to come out to do an inspection. I would strongly suggest the Lemon Squad. I also have a relationship with Pilot Transport, which will save you a few bucks on shipping.
Otherwise, it's not really something you want to hop in and drive all the way home. I'm not worried about the car holding up, it's just not going to be as much fun as people think.
I do have an 2016 SRT Hellcat. I also have JH23H0E122367 that'd be less expensive, but less special.
The latter has a full nut and bolt restoration that cost way more than I spent on it. It's not really what you're asking for, but it's a nice enough example. I've driven it for a few hundred miles and it's fun. I wouldn't want to drive it across the country, but it's fun. It's a well-documented car.
I've got about $55,000 into it, but it's probably only worth $75k. It'd be worth more if there were two people in the same room that wanted it. Some have sold at prices around the $100k mark. It's not worth that much to me.
The SRT Hellcat is not currently for sale (at any reasonable price). I got it cheap and plan on keeping it for a while.
But, yeah, if you're interested, you can come inspect them.
Yeah, that's fine. Just, you know, don't go sharing them with the 'net.
Also, Mega makes it easy to download the tracks. I like that.
I've posted in the current thread, I'll see you there. I might stop in after a bit of fun, we'll see.
Hmm... I should run the table and then intentionally scratch on the 8 ball. (That's really only a 'ball in hand' and not an automatic loss when you play by the real rules.)
I should also mention that I'm slowly dealing with a request from the missus. I haven't shared any tracks with her as the album art since before COF died. So, I'm now dealing with them as I upload them to Mega. She's decided she doesn't want me sharing those pictures, which is a reasonable request to make.
Before, you'd have to download them to see the album art. With Mega, it automatically shows the album art. She tolerated old Voat. She despises this site. I can't blame her. She also hated Poal with a passion.
To that end, she's still happily helping me make music. That's something she'll likely never stop doing.
I've been there. I'm not too far from Rangeley. I go through that area when I head to that section of the coast. At least I'm pretty sure. You're somewhere between where I live and Belfast.
The closest I have is a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T.
The VIN is JS23U0B164248 if you want to look it up. I picked it up at a Mecum auction. It was $80k plus 10% auction fees and another grand or so getting it delivered.
I'd probably let it go for $110k. You can probably find the Mecum auction with a search engine. That'll explain why I'm asking as much as I am. I could ask for more, or put it out at an auction. I suspect it'll do well at another auction. It was a mid-week car at the auction, when there was less money in the room.
I will say that it sure as fuck makes me not want to be a repo man -- even if I wasn't going to do it in a retarded manner. The reason I wouldn't want to do it is the folks I would have to encounter.
I sell so many cars each year that the State of Maine decided I had to become a licensed dealer. While that sucked, it has some pretty sweet benefits. But the point I'm going to make is that I do not offer credit. I accept cash, bank transfers, or even a credit card. But I do not offer credit.
Also, I don't really have many 'cheap' cars. Every car I own (and sell) is worth more than that guy's $1000 beater.
As for being a licensed dealer, I not only have 'dealer plates', I'm also expected (and allowed) to use a couple of them for my own personal uses. As my license is insured, I can toss a plate on anything, and it'd be legal. It doesn't even have to be inspected at the time. When it's sold, it must have an inspection no more than one month old. Unsold cars don't need an inspection sticker when you have dealer plates.
NOTE: Cops could still cite you for an unsafe vehicle, if you were really driving a shitcan.
I definitely prefer Van Halen's earlier work. He refined it a bit in the 80s and early 90s. I'm not nearly as fond of his newer stuff -- the stuff between the early 90s and the early 2010s. I think his last real album was in 2012.
I can open the thread, but I'm going to have company again. We're spending more time together, as I'm likely headed to VA in the near future. Right now, I'm thinking we'll do Valentine's Day up here in Maine, and we'll then head to VA a couple of days after that.
Alternatively, we'll go to VA before Valentine's and celebrate it as a lazy time when we can just sit around doing whatever we want while having a hotel at our disposal.
It's going to be one of those things, but probably the former. I *should* decide before Monday. It's easier/cheaper if you book your flight earlier. If you book a flight and it must happen within 72 hours, it's a bunch more expensive. If you book a flight within 24 hours, it's even more expensive.
So, yeah, I can open the thread if needed.
I also don't have anything new. Hmm... I think I opened it last week. (And, I didn't even take all of Jauary off. Opened a couple of those threads!)
LOL I normally take all of January off, but not this year.
Yeah, he would have been judged harshly back then.
I wouldn't have cared, I don't think. It's not that I'm some sort of enlightened being, it's just that I don't give a shit about stuff that doesn't impact me. From a young age, my primary goal has been about me. Even today, I carefully spend my time doing things that I enjoy doing. Sure, that's often doing stuff for other people, but they're things that I enjoy.
So, I doubt I'd have cared much back in the day.
As for Van Halen vs Rhoads...
That is a tough one. Rhoads has fewer recordings and did not live as long. Van Halen had time to mature, and to do more musical experimentation.
If I had to pick today, I'd probably say Rhoads. He has fewer songs that aren't great. Van Halen had time to make a number of songs that just aren't that good.
If I had to pick back then, I might still have said Rhoads (thus making me a faggot). I found Rhoads' tracks to be more advanced and fluid -- at that time. Then again, I also liked Quiet Riot.
Van Halen also has more work to pick from. He went from his raw sounds to a more virtuoso sound. But, he also had some really not good songs.
But Van Halen had more work. As such, I think he's had a larger impact on rock than Rhoads had.
Rhoads was only on four full-length studio albums.
Eddie had twelve, or three times as many. Frankly, some of his later work just wasn't all that good.
Yeah, I don't really care if he was gay, straight, or bisexual. It doesn't matter to me.
Hell, I wouldn't care even if he was still alive. I merely found it of interest that people were makign such claims. (I was watching a Randy Rhoads documentary on YouTube.)
I did a quick Google while watching and learned that some folks were questioning his sexuality.
If you're REALLY bored, here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1lOZ3aI9t4
And, yeah, I don't give a shit what he did with his dick. It has impacted me exactly none. It has not changed my life even in the slightest. I'll not even lose an iota of sleep over it.
As I used to say, "The more gay people there are, the more women there are for me!"
It's expensive for a Corvette, but it performs at levels only achieved by vehicles much more expensive.
It's tempting. There's even a limited paint scheme that they're only doing 250 of. That's to mark the US' 250th anniversary. So, they're only making 250 of them.
I believe they're not yet sold out.
I don't really care for the jingoism, but the paint scheme would make it more valuable in the future.
At the same time, what's Corvette going to do next? While I could, it doesn't really make sense to keep buying whatever they put out as an investment, or as a collector. I'm more the latter than I am the former.
Also, it never dawned on me, but I learned that many people think Randy Rhoads was at least bi-sexual, if not outight gay. (He did have a girlfriend when he died, and I'm sure he had some before her.)
I don't know enough about his personal life to refute the claims.
Well, that and I really don't give a shit if he was gay or straight. So long as they were consensual partners, it doesn't matter to me.
I already ordered my ZR1. It should be here soon, as in before the end of the month.
They've since released the Corvette ZR1X. It's a hybrid (electric and gasoline-powered). The specs are impressive.
I don't think they're going to sell too many of them. If I had to guess, there would never be any real depreciation, outside of the first five or so years. I expect it to retain its value, more or less. Then, I expect it to increase in value.
It's a gamble. Plus, I already have a ZR1 on the way.
LOL Lots and lots of people have tried that same lawsuit. Courts have ruled that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment does not provide a right to avoid federal income taxes based on religious objections to military spending.
Folks have tried that many times, and the courts dismiss them with prejudice. So, that's not going to work.
I wrote off pretty much everything I could. Sure, I made more realized income, but that's still crazy. (If you don't 'realize' the gains, but immediately move them to an investment, you avoid the taxes.)
Also, remember that tax avoidance is legal. Tax evasion is a different thing, and that leads to prison.
It'd be sweet if there were a realistic way for us humans to not need some form of money. That's just not going to happen at this time. When we reach a post-scarcity society, that will change. In that case, there will be no reason to work for a living, meaning people will be free to spend their hours elsewhere.
It's supposed to hit 30° on Tuesday. It's -8° right now.
And, I made more 'income' this year, more than normal. Income is taxed at a different rate than capital gains or long-term investments. My federal tax burden is higher than everbody on this site's tax burden -- combined.
Add up all the taxes owed by the people on this site and I'm 100% positive that I'm paying more than that. Just my income taxes, including what's owed to Maine, will be 5.5m...
Yes, that means a lot of income, but the end result is the federal government taking more than 1/3 of it.
I wouldn't mind so much, but they spend that money in so many shitty ways. I'm okay with paying my fair share (but that's a lot of money), but I also want the government to spend it wisely.
While it may sound contrarian, I want them to spend it on something other than the military. Like 13% of that is going to the military. We spend ungodly amounts of money on the military -- more than every other nation (combined).
Ah well...
That doesn't include my tax burden for capital gains or other long-term investments. Those are taxed at a much lower rate.
This is the highest tax bill I've had since selling my company.
That's enough to keep you alive for a while. If you kept moving, you might have been fine for hours. Keeping your head, arms, and legs warm(er) is a good idea.
Right now, my temperature is none. It's 0° F outside. So, I have zero temperature. None temperature!
The wind isn't strong, so it might be a windchill of -10°.
We have all sorts of ways to describe snow in English, and we tend to use those descriptions here. We'll mention slushy snow, frozen rain, sleet, fluffy snow, powder, etc...
TheRealBuddha 1 point 1 day ago
Yeah, I'm going to assume the picture is fake and either someone who looks like her, a photo edited to look like her, or AI-generated.
But, that's just a guess. By that, I mean I'd have probably heard about it if her nudes were leaked to the internet. I wouldn't be looking for that content; I would have just seen/heard someone mentioning it.
Not only do I not know what she looks like, I sure as hell don't know what her tits look like.
But, I'd blindly bet $5.00 that those are not her real tits. That's the kind of thing that'd get mentioned on sites like Reddit.
Update: I have now seen a picture of her. (It wasn't impressive.)
It was in my Google search, first to properly spell her name (which is where I saw her picture). My second search was to see if she'd posted nudes or had them leaked. There's no evidence that she has done so.
However, those are definitely nice tits in your picture.
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 1 day ago
I think I missed the 'child' bit. Though, my point is still valid! I would not like to be her.
But, yes, those are some nice tits in your profile picture. I'm going to guess they're not her tits. Actually, I'm not even sure what she looks like. I don't think I've ever seen her picture.
Yeah, I could't pick her out of a crowd, or even out of just a few people. I haven't a clue what she looks like. That's probably a good thing.
To that end, I don't know a single song she sings. I may have heard her singing, but I don't know if I have. I sometimes get exposed to modern pop music, but I don't really know any of it. Well, if that makes any sense...
I'll hear other people playing modern pop music now and then, but it's not people/bands that I can identify.
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 1 day ago
Those are some pretty nice tits in your profile image.
I didn't get to listen until now.
Also, I don't want to know what it's like to be her. Imagine how many cocks she's had in her.
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TheRealBuddha 0 points 1 day ago
LOL Nice! I'm not quite on Rt. 16, but I'm pretty close. We're up off a road and then onto a private road.
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 2 days ago
They're assets that I appreciate, while also being assets that do appreciate in value (sometimes, if you're careful about it). I took money from more usual investments and steadily invested in more automobiles.
I'm a fan of almost everything automotive. There's one current trend that I just can't get into, and that's burnout contests (which I'll also say includes 'street takeovers'). I see no educational or entertianment value in burnout contests.
It's also correct to say that I can find something nice to say about most automobiles, though I do have a severe dislike for many malaise-era cars.
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TheRealBuddha 0 points 2 days ago
LOL I'm on 'break'. I've won the first game. We're now on round two. I'm up shortly.
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 2 days ago
If you're legitimately interested, you can pay for someone to come out to do an inspection. I would strongly suggest the Lemon Squad. I also have a relationship with Pilot Transport, which will save you a few bucks on shipping.
Otherwise, it's not really something you want to hop in and drive all the way home. I'm not worried about the car holding up, it's just not going to be as much fun as people think.
I do have an 2016 SRT Hellcat. I also have JH23H0E122367 that'd be less expensive, but less special.
The latter has a full nut and bolt restoration that cost way more than I spent on it. It's not really what you're asking for, but it's a nice enough example. I've driven it for a few hundred miles and it's fun. I wouldn't want to drive it across the country, but it's fun. It's a well-documented car.
I've got about $55,000 into it, but it's probably only worth $75k. It'd be worth more if there were two people in the same room that wanted it. Some have sold at prices around the $100k mark. It's not worth that much to me.
The SRT Hellcat is not currently for sale (at any reasonable price). I got it cheap and plan on keeping it for a while.
But, yeah, if you're interested, you can come inspect them.
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 2 days ago
Yeah, that's fine. Just, you know, don't go sharing them with the 'net.
Also, Mega makes it easy to download the tracks. I like that.
I've posted in the current thread, I'll see you there. I might stop in after a bit of fun, we'll see.
Hmm... I should run the table and then intentionally scratch on the 8 ball. (That's really only a 'ball in hand' and not an automatic loss when you play by the real rules.)
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TheRealBuddha 7 points 2 days ago
I'm in and out, but more out than in. So, I shan't be here for much of this thread.
How about some BB King? Specifically, The Thrill Is Gone...
https://mega.nz/file/DhwhHBoZ#S1Vodp4JrvSR2CJYRmlpxbWHY_12LWUOS3y1lyWGrxQ
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 2 days ago
Those are good things to have.
I should also mention that I'm slowly dealing with a request from the missus. I haven't shared any tracks with her as the album art since before COF died. So, I'm now dealing with them as I upload them to Mega. She's decided she doesn't want me sharing those pictures, which is a reasonable request to make.
Before, you'd have to download them to see the album art. With Mega, it automatically shows the album art. She tolerated old Voat. She despises this site. I can't blame her. She also hated Poal with a passion.
To that end, she's still happily helping me make music. That's something she'll likely never stop doing.
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TheRealBuddha 2 points 2 days ago
I've been there. I'm not too far from Rangeley. I go through that area when I head to that section of the coast. At least I'm pretty sure. You're somewhere between where I live and Belfast.
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TheRealBuddha 2 points 2 days ago
The closest I have is a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T.
The VIN is JS23U0B164248 if you want to look it up. I picked it up at a Mecum auction. It was $80k plus 10% auction fees and another grand or so getting it delivered.
I'd probably let it go for $110k. You can probably find the Mecum auction with a search engine. That'll explain why I'm asking as much as I am. I could ask for more, or put it out at an auction. I suspect it'll do well at another auction. It was a mid-week car at the auction, when there was less money in the room.
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 2 days ago
That sounds good. Even the rest of it sounds good (the girlfriend, getting laid, and beer).
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TheRealBuddha 2 points 2 days ago
I will say that it sure as fuck makes me not want to be a repo man -- even if I wasn't going to do it in a retarded manner. The reason I wouldn't want to do it is the folks I would have to encounter.
I sell so many cars each year that the State of Maine decided I had to become a licensed dealer. While that sucked, it has some pretty sweet benefits. But the point I'm going to make is that I do not offer credit. I accept cash, bank transfers, or even a credit card. But I do not offer credit.
Also, I don't really have many 'cheap' cars. Every car I own (and sell) is worth more than that guy's $1000 beater.
As for being a licensed dealer, I not only have 'dealer plates', I'm also expected (and allowed) to use a couple of them for my own personal uses. As my license is insured, I can toss a plate on anything, and it'd be legal. It doesn't even have to be inspected at the time. When it's sold, it must have an inspection no more than one month old. Unsold cars don't need an inspection sticker when you have dealer plates.
NOTE: Cops could still cite you for an unsafe vehicle, if you were really driving a shitcan.
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TheRealBuddha 0 points 2 days ago
This is one of their fucking rules...
>While unrealized losses can result in no tax, they can only be carried forward to offset future gains, not backwards.
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TheRealBuddha 4 points 2 days ago
At that point, you're supposed to run them over a second time to put them out of their misery. It's the humane thing to do.
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 2 days ago
I definitely prefer Van Halen's earlier work. He refined it a bit in the 80s and early 90s. I'm not nearly as fond of his newer stuff -- the stuff between the early 90s and the early 2010s. I think his last real album was in 2012.
I can open the thread, but I'm going to have company again. We're spending more time together, as I'm likely headed to VA in the near future. Right now, I'm thinking we'll do Valentine's Day up here in Maine, and we'll then head to VA a couple of days after that.
Alternatively, we'll go to VA before Valentine's and celebrate it as a lazy time when we can just sit around doing whatever we want while having a hotel at our disposal.
It's going to be one of those things, but probably the former. I *should* decide before Monday. It's easier/cheaper if you book your flight earlier. If you book a flight and it must happen within 72 hours, it's a bunch more expensive. If you book a flight within 24 hours, it's even more expensive.
So, yeah, I can open the thread if needed.
I also don't have anything new. Hmm... I think I opened it last week. (And, I didn't even take all of Jauary off. Opened a couple of those threads!)
LOL I normally take all of January off, but not this year.
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 2 days ago
Yeah, he would have been judged harshly back then.
I wouldn't have cared, I don't think. It's not that I'm some sort of enlightened being, it's just that I don't give a shit about stuff that doesn't impact me. From a young age, my primary goal has been about me. Even today, I carefully spend my time doing things that I enjoy doing. Sure, that's often doing stuff for other people, but they're things that I enjoy.
So, I doubt I'd have cared much back in the day.
As for Van Halen vs Rhoads...
That is a tough one. Rhoads has fewer recordings and did not live as long. Van Halen had time to mature, and to do more musical experimentation.
If I had to pick today, I'd probably say Rhoads. He has fewer songs that aren't great. Van Halen had time to make a number of songs that just aren't that good.
If I had to pick back then, I might still have said Rhoads (thus making me a faggot). I found Rhoads' tracks to be more advanced and fluid -- at that time. Then again, I also liked Quiet Riot.
Van Halen also has more work to pick from. He went from his raw sounds to a more virtuoso sound. But, he also had some really not good songs.
But Van Halen had more work. As such, I think he's had a larger impact on rock than Rhoads had.
Rhoads was only on four full-length studio albums.
Eddie had twelve, or three times as many. Frankly, some of his later work just wasn't all that good.
It's a hard choice to make.
My answer might be different in a week.
Anyhow, who is opening the thread tonight?
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 3 days ago
Yeah, I don't really care if he was gay, straight, or bisexual. It doesn't matter to me.
Hell, I wouldn't care even if he was still alive. I merely found it of interest that people were makign such claims. (I was watching a Randy Rhoads documentary on YouTube.)
I did a quick Google while watching and learned that some folks were questioning his sexuality.
If you're REALLY bored, here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1lOZ3aI9t4
And, yeah, I don't give a shit what he did with his dick. It has impacted me exactly none. It has not changed my life even in the slightest. I'll not even lose an iota of sleep over it.
As I used to say, "The more gay people there are, the more women there are for me!"
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 3 days ago
It's expensive for a Corvette, but it performs at levels only achieved by vehicles much more expensive.
It's tempting. There's even a limited paint scheme that they're only doing 250 of. That's to mark the US' 250th anniversary. So, they're only making 250 of them.
I believe they're not yet sold out.
I don't really care for the jingoism, but the paint scheme would make it more valuable in the future.
At the same time, what's Corvette going to do next? While I could, it doesn't really make sense to keep buying whatever they put out as an investment, or as a collector. I'm more the latter than I am the former.
Also, it never dawned on me, but I learned that many people think Randy Rhoads was at least bi-sexual, if not outight gay. (He did have a girlfriend when he died, and I'm sure he had some before her.)
I don't know enough about his personal life to refute the claims.
Well, that and I really don't give a shit if he was gay or straight. So long as they were consensual partners, it doesn't matter to me.
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TheRealBuddha 1 point 6 days ago
I already ordered my ZR1. It should be here soon, as in before the end of the month.
They've since released the Corvette ZR1X. It's a hybrid (electric and gasoline-powered). The specs are impressive.
I don't think they're going to sell too many of them. If I had to guess, there would never be any real depreciation, outside of the first five or so years. I expect it to retain its value, more or less. Then, I expect it to increase in value.
It's a gamble. Plus, I already have a ZR1 on the way.
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TheRealBuddha 0 points 1 week ago
LOL Lots and lots of people have tried that same lawsuit. Courts have ruled that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment does not provide a right to avoid federal income taxes based on religious objections to military spending.
Folks have tried that many times, and the courts dismiss them with prejudice. So, that's not going to work.
I wrote off pretty much everything I could. Sure, I made more realized income, but that's still crazy. (If you don't 'realize' the gains, but immediately move them to an investment, you avoid the taxes.)
Also, remember that tax avoidance is legal. Tax evasion is a different thing, and that leads to prison.
It'd be sweet if there were a realistic way for us humans to not need some form of money. That's just not going to happen at this time. When we reach a post-scarcity society, that will change. In that case, there will be no reason to work for a living, meaning people will be free to spend their hours elsewhere.
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TheRealBuddha 2 points 1 week ago
It's supposed to hit 30° on Tuesday. It's -8° right now.
And, I made more 'income' this year, more than normal. Income is taxed at a different rate than capital gains or long-term investments. My federal tax burden is higher than everbody on this site's tax burden -- combined.
Add up all the taxes owed by the people on this site and I'm 100% positive that I'm paying more than that. Just my income taxes, including what's owed to Maine, will be 5.5m...
Yes, that means a lot of income, but the end result is the federal government taking more than 1/3 of it.
I wouldn't mind so much, but they spend that money in so many shitty ways. I'm okay with paying my fair share (but that's a lot of money), but I also want the government to spend it wisely.
While it may sound contrarian, I want them to spend it on something other than the military. Like 13% of that is going to the military. We spend ungodly amounts of money on the military -- more than every other nation (combined).
Ah well...
That doesn't include my tax burden for capital gains or other long-term investments. Those are taxed at a much lower rate.
This is the highest tax bill I've had since selling my company.
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TheRealBuddha 2 points 1 week ago
That's enough to keep you alive for a while. If you kept moving, you might have been fine for hours. Keeping your head, arms, and legs warm(er) is a good idea.
Right now, my temperature is none. It's 0° F outside. So, I have zero temperature. None temperature!
The wind isn't strong, so it might be a windchill of -10°.
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TheRealBuddha 2 points 1 week ago
We have all sorts of ways to describe snow in English, and we tend to use those descriptions here. We'll mention slushy snow, frozen rain, sleet, fluffy snow, powder, etc...
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